The telecom body has warned the ministry of further erosion in the sector's financial health, sources privy to the information told CNBC-TV18.
A late entry into India's crowded telcom sector, Telenor (formerly Uninor) from the start of its India operations, was never able to find its footing in the cut-throat industry.
Mukesh Ambani continues to maintain a large amount of pressure on other telcom players, said Mahesh Uppal of Com First India. He expects further consolidation in market.
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Reliance Communications today said Rajasthan High Court has approved its deal to acquire Russian conglomerate Sistema's Indian telecom unit, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), that operates under the MTS brand.
Grappling with mountain of debt, Reliance Communications today said it is planning to pare the Rs 42,650-crore burden by up to 75 per cent over the next one year.
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In process to merge with bigger rival Reliance Communications, Russian giant Sistema's Indian telecom arm SSTL said cost of spectrum is "very high" in India and it is too tough for it to keep investing in India
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Department of Telecom (DoT) received 57,634 complaints in 2015 compared with 50,197 in the previous year.
Announced on Monday, members of the alliance include BT, Deutsche Telekom, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Millicom, MTS, Orange, Rogers, TeliaSonera and TIM.
The call-drop issue has been a bone of contention between the government and the telecom companies for months now, culminating in a legal tussle.
Analysts are divided over whether merger talks between RComm and Aircel is positive enough to warrant a buy on RComm shares.
The company, which is in process of merging with Reliance Communications, posted a net loss of Rs 437.9 crore in the same period a year ago.
The board of Russia's Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), which operates telecom services under the MTS brand, today approved its de-merger with Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications (RCom).
Calling the move a beneficial one for the telecos, Rajan Matthews, Director-General of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said the new norms will help liberalising spectrum sharing and trading.
The two companies are going to meet early next month to finalise the merger. Reliance Communication‘s board, and the MTS management will be overhauled post their merger.
Other private players such as Uninor, Sistema Shyam Teleservices and Videocon will also roll out the service to meet the July 3 deadline fixed by the government.
Reliance Communication and Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd, Indian telecom part of the Russian telecom giant, Sistema are in talks for a potential merger between the two companies through share swap.
The combined gross revenue of operators was at Rs 58,385 crore in the same period of 2013, according to the TRAI's performance indicator report.
Rajasthan High Court on January 13 dismissed the plea of minority shareholder Jindal Securities and three others seeking listing of SSTL in a fixed timeframe and exit from the company at a pre-determined price.
The regulator has imposed maximum penalty of Rs 14.5 lakh on state-run telecom company BSNL for failing to meet 13 quality of service parameters. Rs 3 lakh penalty has beeb imposed on Idea Cellular, Rs 2 lakh each Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, Rs 1.5 lakh each on Uninor and Vodafone
The network is used to offer high speed data services. The company, which operates under MTS brand name, also launched a hi-tech dongle priced at Rs 1,299, that provides data speeds of up to 9.8 Mbps.
Sistema Shyam Teleservices which operates under the MTS brand, today said it will start 4G services in India with fresh investments of around USD 200 million (about Rs 1,093 crore).
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL), which offers telecom services under the MTS brand, will be shutting down its operations in Uttar Pradesh (East)...
Sistema Shyam TeleServices, the only participant in the government‘s second round of airwaves auction conducted today, has bagged licenses for eight circles for Rs 3639.80 crore rupees,